Whether you are a student, teacher, employer, young professional or seasoned professional, there are a million reasons to attend the annual NOBCChE Conference in Orlando (Sept. 22-25). Below are our 10 favorites:

Network with your colleagues.

Find a mentor.

Learn from more than 200 oral and poster technical presentations.

Participate in in-depth Professional Development workshops.

Visit with more than 70 employers (Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and top universities) at the Career and Academic Expo.

Support the next generation of scientists at the STEM Weekend.

Find your way through the academic and employment maze in our Student Development workshops.

Honor your colleagues at the star-studded Awards Ceremony and reception.

The AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships provide scientists and engineers with the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills while learning first-hand about policy. Fellows serve yearlong assignments in all three branches of the federal government in Washington, D.C.Read more

U.S. News & World ReportMonday, Sept. 7, marked an uneasy Labor Day for some of the most in-demand workers in America.
Early next year, as many as 50,000 workers in the science, technology, engineering and math fields — born abroad, but educated in the U.S. — may be forced to leave the country, a federal court found Aug. 12.
"I'm tense now, I don't know what to do," says Venu, who earned a master's degree from San Diego State University in 2014 and works as a software developer in Virginia. (He asked to use only his first name to avoid affecting his employment.) "Knowing I might need to leave the U.S. and go back to India all the sudden, it's difficult for me."READ MORE

ComputerWorldA petition urging the White House to act urgently on a court ruling that may force thousands of recent STEM graduates to leave the U.S. early next year reached 100,000 signatures Tuesday, Sept. 8, the threshold for an official government response.
The signature threshold obligates the White House to provide an official response to the petition in 60 days. But the government has less time than that to come up with a plan for remedying a court ruling that clouds the future for science, technology, engineering and math graduates who are working on a student visa.READ MORE

Business News Daily You may think you're in the clear once you've aced a job interview and received an offer, but the truth is, you're not — careless mistakes and crazy behavior can cost you the job of your dreams even after you've wowed the hiring manager.
Perfect example: By now you've probably heard about the Illinois man who recently lost a job offer after texting nude photos of himself to the HR director he'd interviewed with. The photos were intended for another recipient and not meant to go to the man's new employer, but the damage was done and the job offer was rescinded. READ MORE

ScienceGraduate school is hard. It is a drastic change from your university studies, with no clear end point in sight and a sometimes frightening amount of freedom to decide how to fill your working hours. The standards are high and unforgiving. And while before you had an entire class of people you could discuss assignments with, now you are pretty much on your own to master the skills and get the work done. The pitfalls are many, and being aware of them can be a good first step toward avoiding them. READ MORE

KSL.com Earlier this year biochemist Tim Hunt made the remarks that "female scientists should be segregated from male colleagues because women cry when criticized" and that women are a "romantic distraction in the laboratory."
The media backlash was swift and Hunt resigned after a "non-apology." Hunt is not the only individual to make such statements about women in STEM careers and he won't be the last. However, usually the language used to discourage women is subtle and unconscious — and that message does not get the same media attention. READ MORE

THE GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY seeks to fill three or more tenure-track faculty positions. The application deadline is September 15, 2015.
For more information contact: keith.oden@cos.gatech.edu

The Daily TexanThe lack of awareness about STEM’s poor racial diversity is troubling, given the severity of the problem. According to UT's Statistical Handbook’s fall 2014 report, black students made up about 4 percent of students in the College of Natural Sciences and only 1 percent of the Cockrell School of Engineering. Grimmer still, the report also showed that there were only three black tenured professors within the School of Engineering and not a single tenured black professor within natural sciences.
So why does this conversation not take precedence? According to math professor Lorenzo Sadun, it is glossed over because the issue is often attributed to socioeconomics and the perceived objectivity of the various disciplines within STEM.
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Association for Talent DevelopmentYou seldom get a second chance to make a first impression. In the job market, your resume is often your first impression. You need to make it count.
A clear, concise and compelling resume can set you apart from others and create a positive first impression. But, what can you do with your resume to rise above the competition? Here are five key tips to get your resume noticed in a crowded field of candidates.READ MORE

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteMost elementary school teachers feel better qualified to teach science today than they did 20 years ago, and most parents think their children are getting a higher quality of science instruction than they did in 1995.
But both groups believe schools need to do much more to equip children in the highly competitive STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math.
Those are among the findings of a new study by Bayer Corp. about the state of science education in the U.S. READ MORE

USA TodayYou're prepped and ready to totally nail this job interview. You've rehearsed your elevator pitch — in front of the mirror, even. You've committed the entire job description to memory. Heck, you even drove a practice route to the interview location to make sure you knew exactly where to park.
So, when the meeting finally rolls around, you're feeling cool, calm and collected. That is, until the interviewer jumps right in with the dreaded, "Tell me about a time when..." Suddenly your mouth is dry, your mind is blank, and you have a mental facepalm moment. Why, oh why, didn't you think to prepare for these types of prompts?READ MORE